crossed eyes
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“We’ll see. Fingers crossed, eyes crossed, legs crossed,” manager Tony LaRussa said.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2022
Kazemi has a way with off-kilter alignments — showing crossed legs and even slightly crossed eyes — that make her characters comically endearing.
From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2022
Several times in our conversation, she slips almost involuntarily into Jerri Blank mode — nasal voice, overbite, crossed eyes, furrowed brow.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2019
He called for windows in spacecraft, noting studies of submarine crewmen who developed temporarily crossed eyes on long missions.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 13, 2015
Legs crossed, eyes closed, and her hands with palms up resting on her thighs, thumb and forefinger touching.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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